I'm not sure of the song's title, but my little brother mistook the lyrics: "fifty seven channels and nothing on", for "fifty seven towns and a dozen farms"
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- i used to think that if i tore a dollar bill in half it would make fifty cents— stacy
- I used to think that the title of Barry Manilow's song "Looks Like We Made It" was "Looks Like Tomatoes".— close2nd
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- I thought a tidal wave was acutualy a title wave because if the wave was big enough it had its own title!— Nate
- When I was little, I had tiny toes and beleived that ducks mistook them for kernels of corn and eat them.— Seguin